[Updated Wednesday, March 7] After we reported on the story of Stephanie Decker, an Indiana mother who shielded her two children from tornadoes and lost her two legs after being pinned by her collapsing house, CNN received an outpouring of support from readers and viewers asking how they could help.

Some wanted to know if they could help pay for her medical bills, others wanted to wish her well, and others hoped to help her and her children because of Decker's act of bravery.

The family has set up The Stephanie Decker Fund and all donations will be sent directly to them.

Donations can be sent to the following address:

Fifth Third Bank

392 S. Indiana Avenue

Sellersburg, IN 47172

Make payable to: The Stephanie Decker Fund

Any questions can be directed to the Sellersburg location at (812) 246-0982 or the Fifth Third Bank Marketing offices at (502) 562-5355.]

As the storm rolled through, Stephanie Decker told her husband, she turned and saw a large piece of debris begin to collapse. She pulled her daughter away just before it came crumbling down, according to the newspaper.

"She just kind of grabbed her and turned," Joe Decker told the Courier Journal. "She doesn't remember anything after that."

"Everything started hitting my back. Beams, pillars, furniture. Everything was just slamming into my back. But I had my children in the blanket, and I was on top of them, and I was reaching around holding them," Stephanie Decker told CNN affiliate WTHR. "And they are screaming, 'Mommy, I can't live without you! I don't want to die! Please don't let me die!' And I said, 'You're not going to die. We're going to make it.' "

The storm passed, and Decker looked around to see her home was gone.

"(I) looked at my leg and realized either it was cut off or it was barely attached," she told WTHR. "I took my phone, and I made a video to my husband, telling him that I love him."

She wasn't sure whether she would survive or how they might escape since they were trapped by the weight of their home.

Her 8-year-old son was able to climb out of the debris, run through the remaining hail and search for help.

Her neighbors, including Brian Lovins,Â a Clark County sheriffâs officer, came to their rescue, though their homes were being torn apart at the same time.

Lovins was able to use a tourniquet to stanch the bleeding until an ambulance could take her to a hospital.

The children walked away without a scratch.

Despite the loss of part of Stephanie Decker's legs, her husband said, he tried to tell his wife the fact that everyone lived is a miracle in itself.

âWhat I told her was, âYouâre alive, and you get to see your kids grow up,â â Joe Decker said. âIf you look in the basement, thereâs no way anybody should have lived, let alone two kids who donât have a scratch on them.â

Tiger moms are piece of C RA P Chinese ladies who want to look good. They dont do it for their kids. They do it for themselves...and to look good in front of the rest of the family...pathetic slime balls.

For Trollololo...the first five letters of your name say it best. You must watch a lot of tv and movies if the only Chinese women you know of think only of their looks. Those women do not even compare with the millions of caring, loving, and thoughtful Chinese families there are in the world.

I am a recent first time mom and am just beginning to understand the special bond between a mother and her children and what being a mom is all about. You have taken my definition of a good mother to a whole new level. God bless and honor you for your sacrifice for your children.

Beautiful story, that's what a mother does, protect her children. She just did what she had to do, she could not do otherwise, her most primal instincts kicked in. I wish people would stop using the world "hero" over and over. She would be a hero had she saved the lives of people she did not know, that's what a hero does. That guy is so lucky to still have his whole family.

Did you read the story of a young mom that killed her toddler daughter with her bra??? Sick of hearing from "mothers" who murder their children. This woman is a hero and is a great example of how a mother suppose to behave.

Are you for real? She is a hero and almost gave her life to save her children. Look up the word hero in the dictionary...1. a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities. 2. a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal. Where does it say that it has to be a person outside ones family? Get real, Any Mom!

Can we leave politics out of this? Please just this one time. Lets honor the worman and forget the difference of our voting. I am a mom first and a Republican second. Nothing will ever come before my 3 children. After reading this story political beliefes seem kind of trivial at this point. God bless this mother and her family. Maybe we as Christians should contact a local church down there to adopt a family in need and work to help the family survive and recover.

Correct. A woman this strong can do anything. But I challenge all of us to reach out to one of the religious organizations in Southern Indiana and help these families. Come on churches lets step up and adopt a family and help them to rebuilt their lives and let them know they are loved. The different religious organizations can work with local churches to help those most in need.

Did you read the story? There were 2 tornadoes. The second one made the debris collapse. There probably WAS no safe zone in that basement! The important thing was the way she shielded the most precious things to her...her children. Not a scratch on them. Good job by a good mom!

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